Srinagar, Sept. 24 -- Unidentified gunmen shot dead lawyer Babar Qadri in Hawal area of Srinagar on Thursday.

Qadri was rushed to the Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) hospital in Srinagar where doctors declared him 'dead on arrival', agencies reported.

Qadri was recently suspended from the bar association. He sought his suspension to be revoked after the bar association president was released from his detention, which was in place since the abrogation of Article 370 in the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

However, the bar association did not agree to his demand.

Qadri was frequently seen on television, participating in debates. He never hesitated to take on prominent people of Kashmir.

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